1. Daniel John Cannon was born on 5 October 1968 and is a British film and television producer, director and writer, known for executive producing the 15-season CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series franchise, and simultaneously executive producing the CSI: Miami and CSI: NY spin-offs.
From 2014 to 2019, for the show's duration, Danny Cannon executive produced, wrote and directed FOX's Gotham, which won the 2014 Critics Choice Award for Most Exciting New Series and received 11 Emmy nominations.
In July 2019, his newest television production, Pennyworth, which Danny Cannon co-created and executive produced with Bruno Heller, premiered on Epix, concluding in November 2022 on HBO Max.
At one time, Danny Cannon had five television series on-air, while acting as executive producer.
Danny Cannon began making films at the age of 16 in 1984, and started a youth experimental theatre group at 33 Arts Centre making video dramas with a number of other directors in different roles, including cameraman.
Danny Cannon convinced Arnold to compose soundtracks for his and other people's videos.
Danny Cannon worked on commercials for James Garrett and later RSA, and made his debut feature The Young Americans in 1993.
Danny Cannon's second film, the big-budget Sylvester Stallone feature Judge Dredd, released in 1995, was a commercial disappointment and was not well received critically.
Danny Cannon is credited with creating the look and visual style of the CSI, which ran for 15 seasons, earning a total of 39 Emmy nominations and spawning three spinoff shows.
Danny Cannon went on to write and direct many episodes of the flagship series, while overseeing the production as executive producer.
In 2007, Danny Cannon co-created TNT's crime drama series starring Dylan McDermott called Dark Blue and directed the pilot episode.
In 2010, Danny Cannon joined The CW action series Nikita, as director and executive producer.
In 2016, Danny Cannon was brought on to direct reshoots for the feature film Geostorm, in an attempt to help save the studios over budget production.
In 2017, Danny Cannon replaced feature film director Antoine Fuqua for a TV version of Fuqua's film Training Day, starring Bill Paxton, based on the 2001 Denzel Washington feature film.
From 2014 to 2018, Danny Cannon executive produced the television series Gotham, for which he directed the pilot of, along with writing and directing several episodes during the series' five-year run.
Danny Cannon executive produces and writes along with Heller, and has directed multiple episodes, including the series premiere, which have aired on Epix.
Danny Cannon plays football regularly with Hollywood United FC, a local Los Angeles club team consisting of mostly celebrities and former professional footballers, who play socially against other local teams for friendly matches and charity events.